Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to create Ansible roles, Jinja2 templates, and Ansible Vault secrets. You also learned how to collect system information from Ansible facts and use the Jinja2 template to create reports and configurations. The use cases you have practiced were very generic, such as collecting system information, configuring standard system files, rebooting servers, and sending email notifications. As an exercise, enhance the use cases by adding more tasks and validation (such as validating the reboot activity before sending an email and so on).

In the next chapter, you will learn about the importance of version control systems (VCSs) in Ansible, the best practices to keep your Ansible artifacts safe, and how to enable collaboration and sharing to improve the quality of Ansible artifacts.